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1 Samuel 12:21

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19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

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Compare

BSB
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
KJV
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
WEB
Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.
ASV
and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
DARBY
and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
BLB
And do not turn aside as though after the empty things that do not profit and do not deliver; for they [are] nothing.
ÅB
Vik ikke av! For da måtte dere følge de tomme avguder, som ikke kan gagne og ikke redde, fordi de er bare tomhet.
OTB
Og vend dere ikke bort for å følge tomme ting som ikke kan gagne eller frelse, for de er ingenting.
B1930
Vik ikke av! For da måtte I følge de tomme avguder, som ikke kan gagne og ikke redde, fordi de er bare tomhet.

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Cross references

  • Habakkuk 2:18

    What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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  • Jeremiah 10:15

    They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:16

    Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

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  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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  • Isaiah 45:20

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

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  • Isaiah 46:7

    They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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